Wednesday, September 29, 2010

If you love books (and, of course, you do!) this is your week. There is a lot to celebrate, and a lot to do:

* Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library (Thursday 9/30 - 6pm) for "Authors of Mischief", a reading of banned and censored books from their collection, including Don Quixote, Alice in Wonderland, Leaves of Grass, and more. (Mary Tasillo, Artist and Writer...and PCB board member will be reading a selection of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness)

* Explore the Collingswood Book Festival (Saturday 10/2 - 10am-4pm, where there will be nationally recognized authors/speakers for adults and children, as well as booksellers, storytellers, poetry readings, workshops, exhibitors, kid-friendly activities, and entertainment for all ages. All events are free. Stop by our PCB table to say hi and make some books!

Join us to celebrate the opening of the PCB Members Exhibition, Space & Sequence, featuring members' artist's books and prints, selected by guest juror Jae Jennifer Rossman, Assistant Director for Special Collections at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library (Yale University Library).

Philadelphia Center for the Book cleverly chose the title "Space and Sequence" because, like book art itself, those words have more than one meaning and represent a host of ideas....The selections included in the show reflect a variety of ways to interpret the topic.--Jae Jennifer Rossman

This PCB Members Exhibition features more than twenty cases containing innovative artist's books and prints by the following artists:

Fee: $120/one day; $200/two days ($100/$160 for members of Philadelphia Center for the Book)

Deadline to register: October 10, 2010

Enrollment is limited. To register click here to download the application form and send with your check to: Philadelphia Center for the Book, P.O Box 387, Philadelphia, PA 19105. For more information email: book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org

Paul Johnson creates amazing books from single sheets of paper that are architectural in structure with nothing added, nothing taken away, and no glue. He uses paper weaving techniques and interlocking, dove tail joints to make books that are like taking a reality tour through a building complex – a kind of paper Le Corbusier.

Paul Johnson is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in developing literacy through the book arts and as a book artist. He ran the Book Art Project from Manchester Metropolitan University and is the author of over fifteen titles including A Book of One's Own and Literacy Through the Book Arts. His work is in most of the major USA collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York and the Library of Congress, Washington DC.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Philadelphia Center for the Book is looking forward to participating in a few festivals coming up this fall, with your help! We are looking for volunteers to assist us with any of the following days, for all or part of the day: